From our hostess Annie: "Hello! I am Annie. I write the Cottage by the Sea Toni Taddeo, the original author of Tuesday 4, was a good friend for many years. This blog is dedicated to keeping Tuesday 4 alive in her memory."
Let's do some planning....
1. What is something you have always wanted to do? When will you do it?
I would love to take a road trip up to Pennsylvania, to see the places where I was born and the old log cabin that my Daddy and my Grandpa built so many years ago. I also want to visit the town where my paternal grandmother was born and then adopted out; to see the places where my Great Grandparents (my Grandmother's birth-parents) lived and are now buried. Our family also has a mission to take my parents' ashes to be buried in my mother's family plot in Pennsylvania. It's a long story, but that was their wishes and so far our family has not been able to fulfil those wishes because of the distance and time and a lot of other reasons. I really want to see that done before our generation of family all pass away too. We've already lost our oldest brother, and so now it's up to the remaining three of us siblings to do what our parents wanted to have done.
2. Friends are coming to town to visit you. What arrangements will you make and what sights do you think you would take them to see?
2. Friends are coming to town to visit you. What arrangements will you make and what sights do you think you would take them to see?
Oh dear! If they are planning to stay with us I need to get the guest room ready! It was the "gift wrapping central" for Christmas, and little by little I have been getting it back to normal, but there is still some stuff on the bed that needs to find a home. So that would definitely spur me on to get that job done! As far as sights to go see...well, I guess it all depends on what they like. We would probably take some rides around the area to show them the high points...maybe even take a ride over to St. Augustine for a day if they'd like that...or maybe they just want to stay here and "chill", play games and visit and watch the birds on Still Waters Pond. I'm sure we'd find something fun and pleasant to do. I like company that doesn't need to be "entertained" a lot...they just enjoy visiting and being together.
Bluebird taking a bath
The Sand Hill Crane family coming for a visit
Great Blue Heron fishing for his supper
3. It's time to relax after a busy Tuesday. What sounds good for tonight? A movie? Which one? A book? Early to bed?
Right now we are getting some pouring rain, which was preceded by an early morning thunder and lightning show, which woke us up around 5:30 a.m. Tonight the temperatures here in north Florida are supposed to plummet down to the very low 30's and we have a freeze warning in effect for tomorrow and the next day. So, I need to make sure any vulnerable plants are properly covered and get my winter "woolies" back out after a few balmy spring like days.
Yesterday morning we took a walk and saw that the wild plum trees are already starting to bloom:
Since this is Tuesday, my evening tonight will be filled with Choir Practice after supper. That lasts from 6:30-8:00 p.m., so after that I usually come home and get ready for bed! LOL. I might read a little while until my eyes get too droopy. That's my excitement for a Tuesday night! LOL.
4. Plan something for this weekend that includes going out or having people in.
4. Plan something for this weekend that includes going out or having people in.
Well, we had a big weekend this past weekend, so I don't plan on doing anything much this coming weekend. Our church has its community breakfast Saturday morning, so we usually try to go to that, which is always good and a nice way to meet people from the community.
Other than that, we will go to church on Sunday as usual, and we may do something with our kids on Sunday afternoon. Nothing is planned yet, but that can change in a twinkling of an eye! We always enjoy having them come over, and we often put our food together and the guys watch football for the afternoon while Rose and I visit or take a nap, whichever comes first. LOL.
So that's our Tuesday 4 for this week. I see the rain coming across Still Waters Pond again as I type. It will be raining all day, so I plan to stay right here and watch it! Right now it is still too dark to take any pictures, but the Sand Hill Crane family just flew up and over the house from their roosting place on the little island in the pond. They spend the day out foraging for food in other places, and then come back here for the night. Still no sign of nest building and all four members of the family are still together. So maybe this will be an "off year" for nest building for Mr. and Mrs. Crane. They can't seem to get Pat and Val to "leave the nest". LOL
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the Lord says:
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls."
